All Coronavirus articles – Page 43
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M&S extends Sparks Book & Shop reserved shopping scheme
The service allows Sparks loyalty cardholders to reserve a 30-minute arrival time, via the M&S website
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Lockdown leaves wholesalers with £12m of surplus food and drink
The problem has been compounded by Christmas stock which could not be sold in December due to the tier system restrictions
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Booths to close Media City branch as Covid hits sales
Booths said it has started a consultation with impacted employees to explore their options
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Morrisons expands click & collect service to cope with lockdown demand
The supermarket now has 447 stores offering the service across the UK compared with just 14 in March.
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Welsh supermarkets face tighter cap on customer numbers and police checks on masks
Ministers met with supermarket bosses yesterday to discuss the clampdown, which could come into force in the next few days
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Poundland temporarily closing 44 stores as footfall declines
The measure is in response to an 80% drop in footfall in some shopping centres and high streets as the UK’s various lockdown rules take hold, Poundland said
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Government will not provide food boxes for shielding people this lockdown
During the first national lockdown wholesalers Bidfood and Brakes distributed some five million food parcels to 450,000 people that qualified for the aid
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School specialist wholesaler Dunsters Farm calls for compensation from government
Dunsters Farm supplies 500 schools across the north of England, as well as care homes, hospitals and hospitality outlets
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Co-op to host virtual music festival to fight food poverty
All net profits from ticket sales will be donated to FareShare, as well as Help Musicians and Stagehand
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Central England Co-op delivery drivers offer ‘time to chat’ for those facing loneliness
The service will run off the back of its home delivery services via partnerships with Snappy Shopper and Appy Shop
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A third of M&S food subject to new tariffs when exporting to EU
Percy Pig is among products hit by tariffs stemming from new ‘rules of origin’
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Big Interviews
Marco Bertacca big interview: the Quorn CEO with a global ambition
Bertacca started his role on the factory floor. Now he’s turning his attention to expanding the brand, and has saving the world in his sights
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Food and drink industry more than doubles donations to FareShare over Christmas
Between 14 December and 3 January, the charity said it had seen a 125% increase in food volumes
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JW Filshill eyes in-house coronavirus vaccination programme
MD Simon Hannah has urged the government to allow businesses to buy the vaccine
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Greggs opening new stores at pre-Covid rate despite losses
After ‘stamping on the brakes’ last year, the target of 100 new stores net for 2021 is back where it was before the pandemic, said Greggs CEO Roger Whiteside
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Comment & Opinion
Food and other frontline workers must be first in the queue for vaccinations
The government’s current plan puts the food supply chain at serious risk
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Food and drink workforce crisis looms as Covid absence rates treble
Some areas of the country, including London and the south east, are aleady seeing levels above 20%
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Asda warns against panic buying as it expands online deliveries
Asda CEO Roger Burnley said it was “doing all it could” to keep stores well stocked but urged customers to “do their bit”
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Anger as wholesalers ignored again by Chancellor’s latest lockdown bailout
Sunak confirmed a new £4.6bn package of new lockdown grants worth up to £9,000 for businesses in the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors
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Vape store body lobbies government for essential retailer status
The UKVIA is arguing that vape stores are “already well equipped to be Covid-compliant” and readily able to limit shop occupancy